Rural Vulnerability
Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices.
04 Jul 2022
Older Rural Residents grow in number
The first results are in from Census 2021 and they show a worrying trend for rural service providers Rural areas have always had a greater share of over 65 residents...
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04 Jul 2022
Woeful time for rural bus services
Pandemic related government funding for buses is to end on 1 October with last week seeing the deadline for bus operators to submit any cuts they plan to make ahead...
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04 Jul 2022
Thousands of rural primary schools to get huge broadband upgrade
The Guardian reports that up to 3,000 primary schools across rural England are to gain access to gigabit-speed broadband as part of a new multimillion-pound investment, the Government has said A joint £82 million...
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04 Jul 2022
UK telecoms industry agrees plan to help struggling customers
The Guardian reports that the UK’s biggest mobile and broadband companies have agreed a plan to help customers struggling to pay bills amid the cost of living crisis The companies...
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04 Jul 2022
Millions still rely on traditional TV and radio — we can’t ignore them
Published in the Times this week is an article written by Shuja Khan, chief executive of Arqiva, discusses the importance traditional TV and radio Every single week over 17 million...
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04 Jul 2022
Cost of living crisis: Farming industry struggling with rising costs
The BBC details how farmers across the south west of England have said say they are struggling to absorb rising costs as food prices continue to climb Research by the...
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04 Jul 2022
Up to 50% of all GP post could become vacant over the next 10 years
Chronicle Live reports that new estimates by the Health Foundation suggest a quarter of posts could be vacant in the next 10 years, with a worst case scenario putting the...
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04 Jul 2022
‘Organised crime’ affecting rural communities in Devon and Cornwall
The BBC reports that organised crime may be having an increasing impact on rural communities, according to police A new project will assess the effects of a rise in rural...
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27 Jun 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) responds to RSN Research
Research launched by the Rural Services Network last week, shows how the ‘Levelling Up White paper fails to capture rural disadvantage meaning the Government should introduce new metrics’ according to...
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27 Jun 2022
Protect traditional TV & radio say the British people as Broadcast 2040+ campaign launches
A campaign to safeguard digital terrestrial TV and radio launches today as new research by Ipsos shows that 9 in 10 people (90%) across Great Britain want to see continued...
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